see How to observe Vaikunta ekadesi.
For Parthasarathi temple vasal darshan see http://www.e-darshan.org/
Ekadasi vrata samam vrata nasti jagattraye |
Anicchaya'pi yat krtva gatir evam vidha'vayoh ||
Ekadasi vratam ye tu bhakti bhavena kurvate |
Na jane kim bhavet tesam vasudeva anukampaya ||
Anicchaya'pi yat krtva gatir evam vidha'vayoh ||
Ekadasi vratam ye tu bhakti bhavena kurvate |
Na jane kim bhavet tesam vasudeva anukampaya ||
Meaning that in the three worlds, there is no kind of fasting which is even comparable to the Ekadasi fast. Even if one performs this fast without a proper understanding, he achieves the Supreme Abode. If one fasts on Ekadasi day, with full devotion, what happens to him by the mercy of the Supreme Lord (Maha Vishnu) I cannot say (the merit he achieves cannot be described). It is also said if one fasts on the Vaikunta Ekadasi he need not fast on the other eleven Ekadasis that come in a year. Of all the Ekadasis, the one associated with Dhanur Maasa Sukla Paksha Ekadasi is considered the most auspicious, which we all know as the Vaikunta Ekadasi.
In Sanskrit,"Ekam" is one and "Dasam" ten. And Ekadasi comes on the 11th day of every month in a Hindu Calendar. [ Thanks:http://rajaputhran.sulekha.com/blog/post/2007/12/vaikunta-ekadasi.htm]
Vaikunta Ekadasi celebrations in Srirangam in Tamil Nadu - foremost of Vaishanvite Shrines, lasts 21 days and is divided into two parts of pagal pathu (morning part) and Ira pathu (night part). Lord Vishnu as Lord Ranganatha is adorned is an armor of diamonds (rathnaangi) and is brought to the Thousand-Pillared Hall from the sanctum sanatorium through the northern gate known as Paramapada Vasal, the gate to the heaven. This gate is opened once in a year, only on the Vaikuntha Ekadasi day.
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